we all know the tax code is a disaster. none of us like the tax code. when you talk about the ability to broaden the base, lower the rates and raise revenues, that's a pretty good system. it's pretty desirable to think about how to reform the tax code. but there are a lot of tough things in there when you start talking about the specifics of the fact that we need to deal with the home mortgage interest deduction or state and local taxation. then it gets more difficult. so what we've done is we've done the easiest pieces. capping discretionary spending is easy. you don't even have to talk about a single specific policy. taxes the 1% is pretty darn easy. it's going to take more than that to fix the problem. now what we've left is the hardest parts, and so it's how we're going to unravel those next bits. so clearly, the next piece is going to have to focus on entitlement reform. that's the biggest fix that has yet to be addressed. we have three action-forcing moments coming up in the next couple months; the sequester, which they extended for two months, an